I thank the Lord Jesus Christ for the talent He has bestowed on all of us!
I have been artistic all of my life and love experimenting with different mediums and techniques. This blog is my creative outlet to share my passion for cardmaking and papercrafting!

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you have not already visited the challenge sites, I encourage you to do so- fantastic Design Team samples as well as their galleries!

To
create this card:

Using
the large branch stamp from Ornamental Pine, ink the image using Always Artichoke
Classic Ink. Wipe the branch portion off
with a baby wipe and color the branch with the Early Espresso Stampin’ Write
marker and stamp the image onto Whisper White cardstock.

Re-ink the needle area and stamp at the lower
corner of the panel.

Add
a few highlights with the White Gel Pen, trim the stamped panel and mount onto
Cherry Cobbler cardstock, trim again and mount onto Early Espresso cardstock.

Ink
the pine cones using Early Espresso Classic Ink (or the Stampin’ Write marker)
and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock.
If needed, darken some of the areas with the marker and carefully cut
out my hand (“fussy-cut”) and add the pine cones to the focal image panel using
Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Use
the Big Shot™ with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to
emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim to approx. 3 ¾” x 5 ¼” and
mount onto a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock, trim and mount onto the Early
Espresso card base.

Adhere
the strips of Trim the Tree Designer Series Pack (DSP) onto Early Espresso
cardstock and add to the card front per the sketch.

Ink
the sentiment using Early Espresso Classic Ink (or the Stampin’ Write Early
Espresso marker as I did) and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock.

Punch the sentiment out using the Ticket Duo Punch and
mount onto a ticket punched from Cherry Cobbler and another one from Early
Espresso (cut the Cherry Cobbler and Early Espresso tickets in half vertically
and adhere behind the sentiment so you can see the layers).

Mount
the sentiment onto the card front directly onto the panel and using a Stampin’
Dimensional® on the right hand side to attach to the card front.

Add
the ½” Always Artichoke Triple Seam Ribbon bow with the Antique Brad along with
a few Pearls to finish the card.

Those pine cones look so real! I really had to study them and then read your post to know that the were stamped and not real. They have so much dimension and look like they're popping off the card. Awesome card, Julie! Thanks for sharing with us at Pals Paper Arts this week!

Those pine cones look so real! I really had to study them and then read your post to know that the were stamped and not real. They have so much dimension and look like they're popping off the card. Awesome card, Julie! Thanks for sharing with us at Pals Paper Arts this week!

I'm telling you...I had to study those pine cones and find the info in your post to see if they were real or not...and I just saw that set used on a card minutes ago! Great job with the dimension you've added! It's a beautiful card! Delighted to have you with us at Festive Friday!!!

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Welcome!

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